Bus Driver
OFO Code: 733101
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 733101
- Occupation
- Bus Driver
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
- Unit group
- 7331 · Bus and Tram Drivers
Official description
Bus and tram drivers drive and tend buses or street tramcars to transport passengers, mail or goods.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: School Bus Driver, Minibus Driver
- Controlling lighting, heating and ventilation on buses and trams
- Collecting fares or verifying passenger has necessary ticket
- Observing traffic to ensure safe progress
- Driving and tending motor bus, trolley bus or motor coach to transport local or long-distance passengers, mail or goods
- Opening and closing doors before or after passengers board or alight
- Assisting passengers with luggage
- Driving and tending street tramcar transporting passengers
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned